It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home, ... what it is to be at home? A lingering dissolution.

Samuel Beckett
It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is...
It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is...
It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is...
It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is...
About This Quote

The quote above is from the novel “The Confidence Man” by Herman Melville. It’s a story about a man who has traveled the world in search of adventure. When he returns home, he realizes that what he thought was adventure was actually never leaving his hometown. He comments that people are stuck in their hometowns, which is to say they’ve died.

They may not be dead, but they’re not living either. The Confidence Man captures the idea that when we allow ourselves to be at home, we start living.

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